Robby Andrews going for 1k American record on Feb. 2nd

After his 1:51 on Saturday night, the people at Armory Track caught up with an upbeat Robby Andrews who said training has been going well and he'll be taking a crack at the American 1k record on Feb. 2nd.

A few highlights of his interview.

"Training has been going really well and I'm super excited for the indoor season and outdoor season and this summer."

"The thousand has been something that is kind of special to me ever since high school. I've been looking forward to getting in good enough shape to run a really good thousand and I'm finally in good shape," said Andrews.

"I'm just going to go for it. I'm not really expecting too, too much. I think if I"m feeling good and get the right competition I'll be able to do something special. Anything under 2:20 at this point would be good but 2:17 would be really nice right now."

If you were at the meet or watched the webcast, you can tell that the 1:51 looked very easy, so i'd imagine he can run much faster. I'm guessing that he's been putting in good deal of aerobic work, so he can probably split between 1:49-1:51 for 800m during a 1000m

If you were at the meet or watched the webcast, you can tell that the 1:51 looked very easy, so i'd imagine he can run much faster. I'm guessing that he's been putting in good deal of aerobic work, so he can probably split between 1:49-1:51 for 800m during a 1000m

I understand. What's the point of going for the 'record' of an comparatively arbitrary distance? It's like, yeah, Robby Andrews now holds the 1000m American record, but if they so chose to, 10 other people could destroy that record the next day.

I understand. What's the point of going for the 'record' of an comparatively arbitrary distance? It's like, yeah, Robby Andrews now holds the 1000m American record, but if they so chose to, 10 other people could destroy that record the next day.

I mean, is that really even a record?

You're acting like the 1000 is a totally bizarre distance. It's not arbitrary (it's a kilometer!), and it's raced plenty indoors. If there were really 10 other people who could hold an American record, they'd go for it -- how many pro runners would pass up an opportunity to call themselves "American record holder ..."?

I would not put too much stock in Robbie's 1:51, JV coached athletes as far back as when he was at Texas has been to train through most competitions and run big when it counts. I suspect that may have been part of the problem with Webb when he was with JV in that Webb likes to always be in top shape and run fast every time he steps foot on the track. With that said, getting the 1k USR is doubtful at this point in the season because you need to be in 1:48 shape and strong enough to hang on the last 200, which to me 1:51 is a training run. If Robbie had run 1:49 I would say sub-2:20 is possible, but it is almost impossible to run 2:16 unless he is in top race shape and with athletes to chase.